Somewhere around 7k feet of gain for the day. No big deal right? Route was great. Was harassed by marauding thunderstorms on the way back over Grizzly Peak. Finally found a break in the storm and made it over and back down. Was a crazy day for sure!

Got rained on at night at the trailhead and it rained again in the morning. Left kind of late (7am)due to the rain but it turned out to be the right decision. I met a couple of people who left very early and had to turn around due to hail and sleet up high. I was surprised by the number of people on the trail for a weekday.

Impromptu hike as I had already completed 2 other 14ers in the past three days. Originally hoped to hike both Grays and Torreys Peaks but weather decided differently. Was very happy to reach the highest point on the Continental Divide!

Came over from a cloudy & cold Torreys but by the time we made it to Grays the sun was coming out. Cool watching the wind blow clouds right up and over the summit and adjacent ridges at pretty amazing speed.

We summited Torreys from Kelso Ridge, then went to Grays. There were a lot of people on the summit, and more coming up. It was pretty windy. We ate lunch, then headed down via the Grays Peak trail. We got back to the cars around 11:30. Lots of people wearing jeans and not carrying much in the way of provisions. Also, we saw several hikers going up as we were returning to the trailhead.

Summited from Torreys after doing Kelso Ridge. The scree slog up from the saddle was really boring. I don't think I would have ever done Grays if I wasn't already on top of Torreys via a pretty cool route.